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St. Charles Condominium I
297 West 137th Street, at Frederick Douglass Boulevard · Harlem
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St. Charles Condominium I

297 West 137th Street, at Frederick Douglass Boulevard · Harlem

BBL 1020237503 · BIN 1083074

CorridorHarlem
At a glance
Type
Condominium
Landmark
No
Amenities
Gated outdoor parking; private entrances and in-unit laundry in some homes
The Data Room

Every recorded sale at this building, 2004–2025

Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.

Median $/sf
$913
Listing discount
4.5%
Recorded sales
13
On record
2004–2025
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St. Charles Condominium I places 28 residences in a low-rise townhouse arrangement around West 137th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. The ownership association is larger than the individual street entrances suggest. Duplex homes can occupy half a townhouse, with their own set-back entrances and interior stairs.

The condominium was trading by 1994. Its current ownership is widely dispersed, with no single owner holding more than one residence. The physical arrangement includes a gated outdoor parking area, an unusual element for a small Manhattan condominium close to St. Nicholas Park.

Architecture and unit composition

The homes extend across several street addresses within the condominium. Four-story height and individual entrances give the property a different circulation pattern from an apartment building entered through one central lobby. Residents of duplex layouts move between their own living and sleeping floors inside the home.

Three-bedroom duplexes include two bathrooms, eat-in kitchens and bedrooms on the upper level. A full bathroom on each floor appears in this configuration. Other homes are smaller, with interior areas around 1,000 square feet; larger residences reach approximately 1,350 square feet and beyond. Interior laundry is present in some duplexes.

The association's 28-residence count therefore applies to the entire condominium, not to a single townhouse doorway. That distinction also explains why sales can be recorded under the West 137th Street address while carrying an identifier associated with Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

Building operations

The condominium maintains shared property across a collection of low-rise homes, including the gated parking area. Ownership of an apartment and entitlement to a parking space are separate questions: the presence of the lot does not by itself entitle every residence to a space.

The property occupies substantially less floor area than the residential FAR listed for its zoning. This is a description of the existing development. Any future construction would involve the condominium's common property and governing documents as well as zoning; it is not an individual apartment owner's expansion allowance.

There is no building-wide tax abatement identified. Residential lots are all Class 2, so a townhouse-like entrance does not put these condominium homes in the tax class used for many separately owned one- to three-family houses.

Recent sales

Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.

DateUnitApartmentPricePPSFvs. Ask
Dec 11, 20252574D
1,090 sf
$995,000$913/sfoff-mkt
Mar 27, 20242578B
978 sf
$925,000$946/sfoff-mkt
Mar 7, 2022297C
3 BR · 2 BA · 1,368 sf
$1,050,000$768/sf-4.5%
Jun 24, 2019B
3 BR · 2 BA · 1,172 sf
$949,000$810/sf-1.1%
Sep 21, 20182578A
978 sf
$792,000$810/sfoff-mkt
Nov 7, 20172576B
978 sf
$654,000$669/sfoff-mkt
Sep 13, 20172572B
2 BR · 1,000 sf
$760,000$760/sf-4.4%
Jun 29, 20072570C
1,090 sf
$665,000$610/sfoff-mkt

Market read. Most recent trades (2025) cleared a median $913/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 4.5% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

View all 13 recorded sales, sortable

Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-02023-7503) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.

Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.

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What to know if you’re buying

Match the entrance address to the condominium interest. This association includes residences with both street and avenue identifiers. The apartment, any parking entitlement and its share of common expenses should all be tied to the same legal condominium interest; the appearance of a separate townhouse entrance does not mean the buyer owns a separate building.

Comparable buildings

  • West 131 Plaza Condominium: A similarly modest Harlem condominium association in older buildings.
  • 2280 Frederick Douglass Boulevard: A larger modern condominium on the same avenue, with a conventional mid-rise form.
  • The Lenox: A larger Harlem condominium for comparing low-rise duplex living with an apartment tower arrangement.
  • Eleven Hancock: A newer condominium alternative with a taller building and more residences.
  • The Adeline: A more recent Harlem condominium development for buyers prioritizing newer construction.

More Harlem buildings

The neighborhood

For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Harlem — read The Roebling Team Guide to Harlem.

How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.

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